1906 Atlanta Race Massacre Walking Tour
von WABE · Atlanta · 6 Stationen · 17:48 min · 918 m · Zu Fuß
1. Atlanta and the New South
2:45 min · Cliff Kuhn introduces himself and explains Downtown Atlanta's role in the New South. Five Points was the heart of Atlanta in 1906 and the site of a...
62 m
2. 66 Peachtree Street - Alonzo Herndon's Crystal Palace
3:31 min · Alonzo Herndon, Atlanta's first Black millionaire, sensing there would be trouble in the area, closed up his incredibly successful luxury barber sh...
234 m
3. Decatur Street and Pryor Street - Kimball House Hotel
1:56 min · The site of the former grand Kimball House Hotel. A growing mob of nearly 5,000 white men gathered in this area after work, incensed by evening new...
159 m
4. Decatur Street and Central Ave/Peachtree Center
2:27 min · At this corner, Mayor James G. Woodward implored the mob to break up. His pleas were ignored. Firefighters also tried to disperse the mob with hose...
287 m
5. Five Points Street Cars
2:40 min · The mob targeted the streetcars coming through Five Points. Kuhn believes this was no coincidence as it was one of the major integrated services in...
176 m
6. Henry W. Grady Statue
4:29 min · A gruesome stopping point on the walking tour, victim's bodies were brought by the mob to the base of the Henry W. Grady statue. Kuhn theorizes tha...
2. 66 Peachtree Street - Alonzo Herndon's Crystal Palace
Alonzo Herndon, Atlanta's first Black millionaire, sensing there would be trouble in the area, closed up his incredibly successful luxury barber sh...
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